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enCan providing information to parents improve student outcomes? 4 recent papers show it can (Chile, Malawi, and US x2)http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/can-providing-information-parents-improve-student-outcomes-4-recent-papers-show-it-can-chile-malawi
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">My oldest child started middle school this year, and I suddenly started receiving emails every other week with updates on his grades. I’d never received anything like this before and was overwhelmed (and a little annoyed) by the amount of information. Someone told me that I could go to some website to opt out, but that seemed like too much work. So I continue getting the emails. And sure enough, now I follow up: “Hey, are you going to speak to your teacher about making up that assignment?</div></div></div>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:08:00 +0000David Evans1499 at http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluationsThe stressful conditionhttp://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/the-stressful-condition
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I came across this <a href="http://annualreport.wkkf.org/Whats-Inside/Articles/Stress-Impacts-Good-Parenting.aspx"><font color="#0000ff">piece</font></a> by Mullainathan and Datta in the Annual Report of the William Kellogg Foundation (HT <a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/02/assorted-links-359.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+marginalrevolution%2Ffeed+%28Marginal+Revolution%29"><font color="#0000ff">Marginal Revolution</font></a>), which is a behavioral economist’s take on the reasons why some parents are less likely than other</p></div></div></div>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:21 +0000Berk Ozler741 at http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations